Hi,
yes, forget Do[], erase it from your mind total!
And if you for some reason can't do that, try
ClearAll[poly]; poly = {};
Print[Timing[Do[poly = {poly, p}, {i, 1, n}]; Flatten[poly];]];
Regards
Jens
carlos at colorado.edu wrote:
> I am building mesh plots that require concatenation of thousands of
> Graphics objects into one list for Show[]. This is done by appending
> objects as they are created, and there are several ways to do that.
> Tested 3 of them for speed using a simple object:
>
> p=Table[x,{50}]; n=10000;
> ClearAll[poly]; poly={};
> Print[Timing[Do[AppendTo[poly,p],{i,1,n}]]];
> ClearAll[poly]; poly={};
> Print[Timing[Do[poly=Append[poly,p],{i,1,n}]]];
> ClearAll[poly]; poly={};
> Print[Timing[Do[poly=Join[poly,{p}],{i,1,n}]]];
>
> {5.8395 Second,Null}
> {5.7206 Second,Null}
> {6.29728 Second,Null}
>
> Tests were run on version 5.2 on a G5 desktop Mac. I expected Join to
> win,
> but it didnt. Is there a faster way?
>